Pressed-steel sill-pocket.



H. B. lRILEw PRESSED STEEL EILL POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1 912.

Patanted May 26, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I fmn E.Pm

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. rnron, on ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI, sssrsnon TO AMERICAN UAEQ'ANL FOUNDRY COMPANY, or "s'r. LOUIS, rirssounr. a oonronA'rIoN or Nnw Jsasnrgnnssnn-srnnn sins-Pecans.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application-filed July 11, 1912. Serial N 0, 798,898.

Patented May 26, 1914.

I to which it appertains to make and touse the same-reference beingihadt the ac-- companyin drawings, which illustrate the preferred orm of the invention, though 1t is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur tive' view showing a. physical embodiment of to poisons skilled in the art.

In said-drawings: Flgure 1 is a perspecmy invention. Fig. 2 1s a perspective view showing a slightly modified form of pocket in position on an angle bar. Fig; 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of device; from that as shown in Fig. 2, and showing a depending holding lip. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of another modified form showing the back wall in 'alinement with the attaching flanges.

' My invention relates to a pressed sill pocket ,which is particularly designed for car construction to form' a seat for the beams, nailing strips and other members constitutingthe framework of a car. As shown .in the illustrations, it may be used either with steel or wood car constructions, and although the seat or receiving element is made specifically in cross section to accommodate a wooden member, it is of course to be understood that this seat may take any other configuration to adapt the same to chapnel bars, I-bear'ns, angles, etc. t

As is usual with car construction, it is desirable to extend onesmember at right angles to another member, with one member abutting the other. It is desirable in constructions of this character to "support and brace one member from the other without the necessity of weakening either member, by joints, interfitting'parts, etc. Due to the dissimilarity of-thefjabutting parts,

, it has been difficult to fasten these members together securely and at the same time cffectually brace one from the other.

ltisan object of my invention to sup-' port'and brace one member from the other,

and. the pockets herein shown are constructed and designed to unite the commercial shaped parts now in common use in the art of ear construction.

The invention embraces particularly a seat having side walls to prevent transverse movement of the member supported ,on. the seat, and is aflixed to the other member by a supporting ledge extendingfrom the seat, and by. anglewalls preferably constituting a part of the sides of" the pocket.

The pocket, as hereinafter described, is constructed from a single rectangular sheet ofmeta-Lpractically all of which is utilized in the construction of this pocket. The sheet can be'readily bent or ressed into the configuration disclosed -wit a minimum amount of time and labor, forming an economical, neat and cfiicient form of sill pocket.

As shown in the several figures, there is disclosed a normally horizontally disposed seat or supporting member 9.; Extendin upwardly from the rear ed e 10, and re erably at right angles to t e plane 0 the seat 9, is a; rear wall 11, which rear wall may terminate on a level with the top cat the side walls hereinafter described, orfifils .shown in all of the other figures, thisrear wall 11,

may be bent backwardly to form an attaching flange 12 in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the seat 9. This flange 12 may have a series of apertures 13 extending therethrough, by means of which the pocket may be attached by rivets 14 to the top flange of the an le A, as shown in Fig. 2, or to: the top Hf sill B, shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This flange 1-2 may be of less width than the width of the flanges of the supporting members A and B, or it may terminate at the opposite edge of the flanges, as shown in Fig. 4, or as shown in Fig. 3, the outer edge of the flange 12 may be turned down to form a lip 15; the lip 15, flange 12 and back wall 11 in this instance forming an inverted U straddling the upper flange of the supporting member and carrying the hanger seat 9 as an extension from one of the legs of the U.

nge of the channel or As shown in Fig. 3, the seat 9 may rest zon the lower flange of the supporting member B and may be fastened thereto by means of a rivet passin through the aperture 1'1 in said. seat, wh ch apertures msy gglpo be used to fasten the supported member C position.

In order to prevent transverse movement of the-member 0, there are formed integral with the seat and extending upwardly therefrom sideiwalls 18, which side walls may have a. straight front edge 19, as shown in Fig. 4; or may have the inclined beveled edge 20, as shown in the other figures. These side walls 18 may have a de th equal tothe depth of the seat 9', and pre erably have extending from-the rear edge thereof attaching flanges 21, which attaching flanges 21, as shown in Fig. 4, are disposed in the plane of the rear wall 11 Uniform in efiect a continuation of said wall. The attaching flanges 21 have apertures 22 extending therethrough. By means of these flanges the ocket is braced from the supporting mem r and is attached thereto by means of rivets 23 assing through the apertures 22. Where tile vertical element of the supporting member, as for instance the vertical flange of the angle A, or the web of the channel B, are disposed'inwardly from the rear wall 11; the side walls 18 are extended rearwardly from the plane of the wall 11,' 'as shownmore particularly inFig. 2, so

as to brace the seat 9 forwardly of the vertical element, and in such manner as to obtain the most efiective utilization of the thin sheet metal used in formin pockets of this character. The connection with the vertical member-shouldbe as extensive as; possible with the amount of metal. ,The side walls 18 may have apertures 24 extending theret'hrough, by means" of which the supported member C may be attachedhorizontally to the pocket;

"What. Iclaim is:

1. A sill pocket formed of a single sheet of metal and comprisin seat, a rear wall extendlng u wardly from the rear of said seat, side wal s at the sides of said seat extending to the rear of and beyond said rear wall and laterally extending attaching flanges integral with said an outstanding L-shaped portion depending from said flange, side walls extending laterally from a part of said L-shaped por-- tion in the direction of and in a lower plane than said-top flange and attaching-flanges extending from the side walls to the rear of the rear wall of the gocket, and beyond the rear'of said L-shape flange, and attaching flanges extending at right angles to the sidewalls.

my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

' HARRY E. PRICE. Witnesses; I 4

J. H. BRnndonnMAN, Grmnno'rrn E. Mrrzn.

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